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Hospital, business combine for healthier outcome
A Northern Health employee’s search for a business to make plastic face shields for frontline healthcare workers has helped keep an Epping business afloat. Northern…
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Salesian College student named as ambassador for the Shrine
A Sunbury teen has been named as a young ambassador for the Shrine of Remembrance. Salesian College year 10 student, Rachel Grover was appointed to…
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Hume preschoolers learn from home
Hume’s youngest pupils are being given the opportunity to learn from home, following the launch of the council’s Preschool at Home program. The new initiative…
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Macedon Ranges council opens COVID-19 centre
A one-stop-shop for advice on the COVID-19 pandemic has opened in the Macedon Ranges. The council-run Recovery Operations Centre (ROC) provides residents with a centralised…
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Taylor Sheridan finds inner strength
Taylor Sheridan started writing his latest song a year ago – well before the coronavirus crisis hit. But the Macedon Ranges’ singer’s latest single couldn’t…
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Bulla bypass a top priority
Broadmeadows train station should be upgraded and the Bulla bypass built by 2024, according to a new report by northern suburbs councils. The Northern Councils…
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Prespakis sweeps AFLW awards
Sunbury’s Madison Prespakis has capped off an incredible season by claiming the game’s highest individual honour, the AFLW’s Best and Fairest Award. The 19-year-old, who…
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New provider for Macedon Ranges youth service
A Macedon Ranges home and community care program for young people will be taken over by Benetas after the council decided to scrap the program.…
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Hume council overwhelmed by calls for help
More than 350 businesses have applied for financial support from Hume council to help get them through the COVID-19 pandemic. The council is offering $1…
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Duck feeding dangers raised
A Sunbury resident is calling for greater education about the dangers of feeding ducks. Alejandra Diaz said she had noticed an increase in the number…
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Budget for missing links
A missing link in Sunbury’s road network and a multi-level carpark in Evans Street are just two of the local projects included in Hume council’s…
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Support during lockdown
Cobaw Community Health staff have been checking in on elderly residents for a chat or to deliver a hot meal to stop them from feeling…













